STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1579

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 12, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to revocation  or  suspension
          of a license to carry or possess a firearm

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 11 of section  400.00  of  the
     2  penal  law, as amended by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (a) The conviction of a licensee  anywhere  of  a  felony  or  serious
     5  offense  or  a  licensee  at  any  time  becoming ineligible to obtain a
     6  license, including engaging in conduct that would have resulted  in  the
     7  denial  of  a license, under this section shall operate as or be grounds
     8  for, a revocation of the license.  A license may be revoked or suspended
     9  as provided for in section 530.14  of  the  criminal  procedure  law  or
    10  section eight hundred forty-two-a of the family court act; provided that
    11  a revocation or  suspension of a license  under such sections shall only
    12  occur  where  a  temporary order of protection or an order of protection
    13  has been issued, or a temporary order  of  protection  or  an  order  of
    14  protection  has  been  willfully  violated.  Except for a license issued
    15  pursuant to section 400.01 of this article, a license may be revoked and
    16  cancelled at any time in the city of New York, and in  the  counties  of
    17  Nassau  and Suffolk, by the licensing officer, and elsewhere than in the
    18  city of New York by any judge or justice of a court of record; a license
    19  issued pursuant to section 400.01 of this article  may  be  revoked  and
    20  cancelled  at  any time by the licensing officer or any judge or justice
    21  of a court of record. A license to engage in the business of dealer  may
    22  be  revoked  or suspended for any violation of the provisions of article
    23  thirty-nine-BB of the general business  law.  The  official  revoking  a
    24  license  shall  give written notice thereof without unnecessary delay to
    25  the executive department, division of state police,  Albany,  and  shall

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05266-01-3

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     1  also  notify  immediately the duly constituted police authorities of the
     2  locality. The licensing officer shall revoke any license issued in which
     3  an applicant knowingly made a material false statement on  the  applica-
     4  tion.  Notice  of a revocation under this subdivision shall be issued in
     5  writing and shall include the basis for the determination,  which  shall
     6  be  supported by a preponderance of the evidence. Such notice shall also
     7  include information regarding the ability to  appeal  such  decision  in
     8  accordance with subdivision four-a of this section.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.